Joomla Tutorials

Want to know more about Joomla 4?

Joomla 4 is definitely a much anticipated release, and there have been many people asking about what to expect in features and the upgrade path from Joomla 3. So, who better to get your information from, than the Joomla 4 Production Leadership Team Lead himself, George Wilson! In this video presentation for the JoomlaShack 2019 Online Conference, George goes into details on the new features that will allow you to build even more scalable websites with Joomla in the future.

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Visualizing Data Using Fabrik

Fabrik is a rapid application building extension for Joomla, and it's super easy to show your data in lists or details views. But did you know you can show that same data in different ways, more visual ways? Fabrik Visualizations allow you to show data in many different customizable ways, such as Google Maps, Full Calendars, or Fusion Charts. In this video presentation for the JoomlaShack 2019 Online Conference, I take a look at using each one of these to create a cool dashboard in Joomla.

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Public, Guest, and Registered Access Levels in Joomla!

Understanding how to use the Public, Guest, and Registered access levels in Joomla! 3 sites with a frontend user area gives you much more control over your content and menus. For instance, if you have a login menu item, you really don’t need it once you are logged in, vice versus you don’t need a logout menu item if you aren’t logged in. Or, maybe you are asking people to sign up as a member in a module, you don’t need that same module showing after they have signed in.

Let’s take a look at how to use Guest and Public access levels to do just these type actions.

How to Automatically Add Stripe's Fee Using RSForm!Pro

It's fairly easy to create a simple payment system using RSForm!Pro in Joomla!. When you combine it with Stripe as the payment processor, you get a really great way to collect payments on your website. In this tutorial, I'm going to demonstrate how to automatically add the Stripe payment fee (currently 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction) into the amount that is sent to Stripe and passed on to the consumer.

Using Content Versions in Joomla

Do you edit a particular article on a regular basis?

Do you ever make mistakes and hit Save and Close too quickly?

If you answered "Yes" to either question, then there is a Joomla feature that you really need to use.

Joomla Template Tools - Viewing Positions and Other Templates

Have you ever been trying to figure out which position was where on your template? Ever wanted to see your Joomla site using a different template without changing the live template?

You can do both with the handy tools built-in to Joomla, read on to learn how.

View your Joomla Site as a Public User while Set Offline

Sometimes when building a new site or making changes to an existing site, you want to have the site online, yet in an offline mode. When a Joomla website is set to offline, the site is put behind a login and special rights are needed to login from the frontend. Super users can login to the frontend but have extra things visible like editing buttons and unpublished articles. If you want to see the site for you client or yourself as a public user, you can setup a special group to use for this function.

Keep reading to learn how.

Adjusting Your Joomla! 3.x Session Time for your Users

Session Lifetime

By default, Joomla has a 15 minute session time for logged in users, meaning if a user goes inactive for more than 15 minutes, they are automatically logged out and need to enter their credentials again. But, sometimes you need longer session times, for instance, when you are developing a site and don’t want to be logging in over and over. Or, maybe you have some very long forms for logged in users to complete and you don’t want their session expiring before they can hit the submit button.

So, let’s take a look at changing the session time in the backend of Joomla.